Modern Family’s Julie Bowen splits from husband

Modern Family star Julie Bowen has separated from her husband of 13 years, Scott Phillips.

The couple tied the knot in 2004, and have three children, 10 year old Oliver, and eight year old twins John and Gustav.

Strained relationship

Bowen’s relationship to her husband is said to have been strained in the recent months.

In 2016, Bowen’s husband did not join her at the Emmys, which was also the day of their 12th anniversary. She explained it by saying: “He’s come every year, he’s been so supportive and this year he was playing in a tennis tournament and I wasn’t nominated as an individual so I said, ‘What do you want to do on our anniversary?’ I mean it’s such an honor to be nominated and to go, but it’s tough to be a purse holder.”

The couple were last photographed at the 47th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards in September 2016.

Of what makes a marriage successful, Bowen joked, “Honestly I only remember up until we had the kids. Then you’re like, ‘What?’ Twelve years. We’ve had children for nine. So I remember the first three years, the rest of it is like a blackout.”

Bowen plays matriarch Claire Dunphy in the hit TV series Modern Family.